Jean-François Morin,Takashi Sasaki,Yasuhiro Shirai,Jason M. Guerrero, and
James M. Tour*
Department of Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
and the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, MS 222,
6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005
tour@rice.edu
Received June 27, 2007
Abstract:
A new set of aryleneethynylene derivatives bearing three, four, and six p-carboranes as potential wheels
attached to a semirigid chassis have been designed and synthesized. These molecules are expected to
move in predetermined patterns on atomically smooth surfaces, depending on their specific configuration.
